Otra estrella para River Plate

Another star for River Plate

In this Argentina, where soccer is the preferred sport by a wide margin, there are two clubs that stand out from the rest, Boca Juniors and River Plate, sharing the preferences of sports enthusiasts, leaving the rest of the teams with far fewer fans to share. among all.

Each classic between the two teams draws the attention of the entire country and also the world, it is very common for these matches to be broadcast to various countries and also for many foreign tourists from Europe and the rest of America to come to witness it, it is promoted as a spectacle full of emotion and competitiveness, it truly is.

The previous tournament was taken by Boca Juniors, playing quite badly throughout the tournament but it reached him with his little demonstration of good play and his scrolls to prevail over the rest that did worse than the xeneizes.

This one was taken by River Plate, with still two dates to play, he accumulated enough points so that no one can snatch the title from him. It did not start well and showed some doubts in the first matches but then it became established both in the game and in the results to culminate in this new championship.

It was also the debut for its new coach, De Michelis, who comes to replace Marcelo Gallardo, River's idol coach who won many titles with the red band team: the Copa Sudamericana in 2014, the Recopa Sudamericana in 2015, 2016, and 2019, the Copa Libertadores in 2015 and 2018, the Suruga Bank Cup in 2015, the Argentine Cup three times 2016, 2017 and 2019, the Argentine Super Cup in 2017 and 2019, the Professional League in 2021 and finally the Champions Trophy 2021. What a responsibility for a rookie coach like De Michelis but this new title gives him air and a dream start to his career at this important club.

With just one draw, it was enough for River Plate to be crowned champion, but the team came out determined not to suffer and to avoid going through difficult situations for speculating on that result. The first half was enough to clear up any doubts and they went to the locker room winning 3- 0. The second half was too much, there was a hint of emotion when Estudiantes de la Plata discounted but it was only a moment of doubt, everything returned to normal and the game ended without major shocks, 3 to 1 was the final result.

A good friend, a River fanatic, of course, was on the field and sent me some photos that I share. He has a particular history with River since for work reasons he lived for several years in Detroit, United States and there he founded the subsidiary of his beloved team.

I am glad for him of course and I know that he will be enjoying himself like so many times, perhaps he is still sleeping, tired of the festivities in which he surely participated yesterday, without caring about the cold of the day, only in the heat of that passion that We all feel for football.

I will be watching the match that my beloved Gimnasia de la Plata team will play against Boca Juniors today, I will be content with being able to beat them, we cannot aspire to much more than that but I do not lose enthusiasm. We must take advantage of the fact that River's classic rival will be beaten by the title of his greatest rival and also that he is playing really badly.